Sometimes, it’s the people closest to us that we have a hard time getting presents for. Our husbands for example. Because Christmas is the time of gift-giving, we want our presents to be more than the usual gifts that they might receive. Gifts represent how ardently we value them and how proactive we are about […]
Not long ago, I was promoted to Associate Editor at the local Toronto magazine where I had been working as an Assistant Online Editor. Shortly after receiving the news, I cried at my desk. They were not tears of joy. No. These were snot-is-coming-out-of-my-nose-running-into-my-mouth tears. These were I-am-an-uglier-crier-than-James-Van-der-Beek tears. My co-worker sent me an email, […]
Apparently, David Beckham, the famous British footballer, is sending flirty texts to the Game of Thrones star, Emilia Clarke, and Victoria Beckham does not like it. Woman’s Day took an opportunity that Emilia Clarke and David Beckham met at Fleetwood Mac concert the previous month in San Francisco and created a storyline between the two […]
Service Set Identifiers, SSIDs for short are WiFi network names that allow you to see all available nearby connections on your computer. Once you get a new internet router it will come with its default network title usually containing letters and numbers. This is often extremely boring, but it can also be confusing when trying […]
Poker is one of the most signature casino games that everyone seems to love. It’s just so well-designed that it will probably go down in history as the perfect skill-based gambling game. There are a few variations of poker, such as the Texas HoldEm, but all of them are just so fun to play, especially […]
There are a few things in life I feel like I’m pretty good at, among them, roasting a mean pork tenderloin, giving sad sacks hours and hours of life advice without pay, drinking a whole bottle of champagne without getting slurry, drawing meaningful dating wisdom from unlikely sources (like “Star Trek”), and traveling alone. Interestingly, […]
Romania is truly a wonderful country, but if you’re going there for the first time, the chances are that you won’t know what to expect or which place to visit for the best possible experience. Luckily, we’re here to help you with this, so if you are planning to visit Romania soon, or you’re already […]
Unfortunately, unless you’re Richard Branson or a card-carrying member of NASA, it’s not looking good that you’ll be able to vacation on another planet anytime soon. Instead of mourning the fact that you’ll likely never wander the terrain of Mars or Jupiter, I have 15 suggestions for bizarrely beautiful otherworldly travel destinations right here on […]
I’ve mentioned AirBnB in a few of my traveling posts, most recently the story of my road trip from Portland to Nashville. Ever since my boyfriend Nick and I discovered the site, which lets people rent out their homes to travelers, we rarely stay in hotels anymore. In fact, thanks to Airbnb, we’ve spent a […]
